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With its players sporting armbands supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, Bayern Munich maintained its seven-point lead atop the Bundesliga with a 4-2 win at fifth-placed Bayer Leverkusen Saturday. Bayern had to come from an early goal down to secure its victory, with Robert Lewandowski scoring his 30th league goal of the season in the…… MORE

World heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua and tennis legend Boris Becker took part in Black Lives Matter protests in Britain on Saturday, joining a growing list of high-profile sportsman to show their public support for the movement. Joshua, who holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts, joined a march in his home town of Watford,…… MORE

Working two jobs is a lot for anyone to take on, let alone an elite athlete on a mission to make her first Olympic Games. That’s been the reality for British shot putter Sophie McKinna who has been balancing her dream of Olympic glory with work as both a custody officer and gym instructor for…… MORE

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday the league should have listened to players earlier about racism concerns in response to NFL players calling on the league to condemn racism and support its black players. Goodell posted a video to the NFL’s social media on Friday in response to the video “Stronger Together,” which features multiple…… MORE

Another day, another record broken by Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese superstar has now become the first football player in history to earn more than $1 billion during his playing career, according to Forbes. The Juventus forward has made $650 million through football alone with the rest coming from an array of endorsement deals off the…… MORE

The ex-wife of a leading tennis player is standing by claims she was the victim of assault. Nikoloz Basilashvili, who is ranked No. 27 in the world, was charged with violence against Neli Dorokashvili last month following a disagreement, according to a statement from the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia. Basilashvili was released on a bail…… MORE

Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm has apologized after images surfaced of him referring to “elite white people” in a text conversation from a year ago. The conversation was dated March 2019, when Fromm was the starting quarterback at the University of Georgia, and was posted to Twitter Thursday by a user with an unknown…… MORE

I won’t forget the moment I informed my boss at CNN of my intention to leave sports journalism for a career in music. “Remind me what the band’s called again,” he asked, eyebrows raised, probably wondering why I’d forsake a job in a competitive industry for pub stages in London. “Sports Team,” I replied through…… MORE

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson says he is “staggered” by events in the US in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. Rather than talk about the NFL with reporters Wednesday, Wilson insisted on speaking about racism in America and how Colin Kaepernick was “trying to do the right thing” through his protests. Floyd…… MORE

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees issued an apology Thursday for his “insensitive” comments made yesterday in an interview with Yahoo Finance. Brees has been widely criticized by many fellow athletes, with NBA star LeBron James and Brees’ teammate Michael Thomas weighing in. When asked for his opinion about players kneeling to protest police brutality…… MORE

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Film and television productions in California will soon be able to send their people back to work, several months after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered operations across the country and internationally. The new guidance from the California Department of Public Health states that TV, film and music productions in the state can resume on June 12,…

YouTube Originals is celebrating the class of 2020 in style with a star-studded group of commencement speakers — headlined by former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama — and performers honoring this year’s graduates. The four-plus hour event is being called “Dear Class of 2020,” and it is meant to serve as an…

The executive producer of CW’s “Riverdale” has promised the show will “do better” after a cast member posted a message to social media that criticized television shows that underutilize black characters or portray them as criminals. On Sunday, Canadian actress Vanessa Morgan, who plays Toni Topaz on “Riverdale,” wrote on social media that she was…

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert is weighing in on the treatment of peaceful protestors at nationwide demonstrations against police brutality and systematic racism. Colbert commented on the use of rubber bullets by law enforcement at some of these events, calling them “more bullet than rubber,” adding that they “maim, blind and even kill.” “That’s why…